Category: articles
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New Zealand Road Trip 2022
My big annual adventure trip was to New Zealand with my two high school friends. Below are the notes taken by Gloria, the magnificent scribe. Re-reading these moments are hilarious and also make me miss my BROTHERS. See my Spielberg video moment at the end! Fri Sept 23 Air New Zealand is the most superior…
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2021: A Reflection
Ouf. 2021. A mouthful, a handful. A year that forever changed my life. I don’t know what this year will bring but hopefully it will be a little easier on the heart. Luckily, I have Jay Shetty’s podcast to thank again for these reflection questions. So, let’s gooooo. Q1: What made you feel most happy…
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Lessons on Being an Entrepreneur (for a hot minute)
Hello Earthlings! Life is an experiment. This is the story of my (failed) entrepreneurial experiment. After being introduced to my mom’s friend, a successful textile manufacturer in China, I was convinced that I should start my own business. I had a BRILLIANT idea (insert sarcasm). Masks have become a mandatory accessory thanks to the pandemic.…
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The Epidemic of Distraction
Hello Earthlings! I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about another widespread illness infecting us all but there’s one more that we’ve been openly welcoming for decades…DISTRACTION. Everything and everyone compete for the finite supply of attention in our minds. The failure is not in the technologies we use but in how we choose and allow…
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How I Read 68 Books in a Year
Hello Earthlings! If you haven’t noticed already… I read by the cartload. I consume books like people binge Netflix. You will find it hard to believe that just three years ago, I was struggling to finish seven books in one entire year. In a society where everyone and everything is vying for your attention, it…
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20 Lessons from 2020
Hello Earthlings! For 2021, I will attempt to publish one article every week on Sunday. If I follow through with this feverous streak, I’ll have collected 52 articles by the end of the year! My challenge last year was to publish 20 articles on Medium – you can check it out here. Organizing my thoughts into essays…